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@nitro gieten'. nieittf @Hire Letters P atcnt No.' 74,303,1iated February 11, 12868.1 i

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Beit known that I,TIOMAS W. GAmiICIIARL, of Indianapolis, in the county cf Marion', undlState of Indiana, have invented e. new and useful combined Automatic Fan,Tahle-Caster,and Candle-Stand and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear-,land-e'xact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,making part of this speciication.l Y 4 1 My invention relates to the combination of an automatic fan or ily-brush with a cruet-etalid orcasterand acandle-stand, in a singltl article of table-furnitin'e;y and consists'in a hollowoinauientalnetand, within which suitable gearing, driven by springs, is made to revolve a vertical shaft carrying horizontal arins,"to which fans or {1y-brushes are attached. A caster-france or cruet-rack surrounds the stony-tile top'of which issurmounted by aln'aolret, for holding s candle 'or lamp. 'Y l Figure 1 is an elevatibn of the device. v l l Y Figure l2 is a vertical section through the centre of the stand, showing the gearirig The, detached figures'. are top viewsof the cups ou the ends of aruis M, and' part of' the fari-arms Figure 3 is an edge View of the gearing, showing the bottoni `o'fithe stand i9 section,- ond .the upper part removed. Y

A is the,hollow stand, within `which the gearing and springs Aare arranged that actuate the fans, F is the framework, to which the gearings'and springs are attached, and is so arranged thatt inay he' readily removed when required. The-mastei-wheel B is rixcd on lhcshat'i: G, and the innerV eirdstul springs D'arenlsosecured to shaft C. The end of. shaft C projects through the ,shell of the stand A,.and is'furnshed on theend with a wheel, V, that serves as a key by which to nind up the springs. The outer ends ofspringsD are made fast to the rirn of the cases E, in which they are enclosed, and these cases arc secured to the frame F. A Vsystom of i wheels and piniovns, gJx, i, c, o, communicate motion from wheel B to vertical shaft PP', th `the top vvsection of which arms M are attached, that carry'the fans on the supplementary arms N. The ends of arms are furnishedT with little cups, r, that are pierced through the bottom, to receive the ends of ,arms N, which are b ent ataright angle, and are secured thereto hy a 'nut below the cup, to keep the fansffrom being thrown out by the rapid' revolutionof the machine. The cups rare notched on the edgeof the rim, te receive thevarin N, as s'liorvn in the detached figures in fig-4Z, the 'object being to'providc' a conveniont'rneans of setting the fans at any desired angle, in order to increase or diizinish the cir-cle described 'by them. .I 'The upper endet' shaft P is furnished with a coupling-socket, which .is situated just below the top cf the stand A, to receive the lower end of the upper section P', andris 'arranged in this manner,l lso ythat the upper rsec'ti'on, that carries the armsM'and fans, may be readily attached or detached. A `eet-screw, "tl, near the topfof sltand A, serves the double purpose of 'n brake to regulate thespeed of the fans, 'and also .as Aa. meansto hold the 'shaft d?, when winding up the apparatus, to eect which, the screw 'is turnedin'agnin'st .the-shaft. The wheel it, fig. S2, isiiurnished with a ratchetand springpawl, likean ordinary lcloclmnovement, 'to :retain the 'springs when 'wound np. A wheel, V, on the outer end of shaft G, serves ae'a .convenient means to 'win-d up the springs, :n-nd heing readily accessible, very little trouble is experienced in keeping .thedevice running `any desired .length -ro'f time.` The arms M are `attached to the shaf' t P by means'of a socket that slides on -theshnfn and is secured 'nhene'to 'by means of'afsebscrerv, hy Ywhich the arms -and `fans `may-he set en -theshaft at any desired height. `W isn cruet-sta`nd -or rackVarrangr-ged f'to'rcvolvc 4around thezst-em -of stand A,as in the common tablecaster. Xasm bracket, 'xed to `tlrc fto'p-of stand A, on which to set a'. .candleor lamp. When used as a candlestand, the upper section'd" of alle shaft, and the arms .M 'and fans., 'are to lbe removed, and, when-wound up, the deviceis ltept :from lrunningdon-. diy mornin-g Athe setsscrew A'.l in against theshafft l?. When not in use, the `fans may be turned'in iugm-inst the .arms M, and xx-ill thus cccupyllmt little room. p

' Having thus fual'lydescrib'ed my invention, what 'claimnsmem1and-desineto secure byLe'ttens {Rennais-1 The withinl-'descr-iled device for operating the fans VN automatically, ein :combination with the cruet-:s'tnnd cand.candle'standX, nllnrranged and operating substantiallyiasfsetffo'ntlh. i i 

